The scale of the futile hopes of those days can be appreciated by the occupants of a holiday narrowboat nearly lost in a lock built for the barges that were going to sail down the Rhine, across the North Sea aboard a ship, and up to Doncaster.

Huntsman started business as a clock, lock and tool maker in Doncaster.

The canal has one lock, which was sized to allow the compartment boats of the Aire and Calder to use it, but the owning company failed to raise enough money to upgrade the River Don Navigation beyond, and Long Sandall lock prevented working of such boats through to Doncaster until it was rebuilt in 1959.

Doncaster lock was extended in 1909 and 1910, but although trains of 17 compartment boats could then use both Sykehouse and Doncaster locks, they had to be split up at Long Sandall lock, which was between the two, as they could only pass through it three at a time.

Long Sandall lock was lengthened and widened to in 1959, enabling compartment boats to work through to Doncaster and Hexthorpe without having to be split for the first time.

In 1652, Fox preached for several hours under a walnut tree at Balby, where his disciple Thomas Aldham was instrumental in setting up the first meeting in the Doncaster area.

The first electric tram in Melbourne was built in 1889 by the Box Hill and Doncaster Tramway Company Limited — an enterprise formed by a group of land developers — and ran from Box Hill railway station along what is now Station Street and Tram Road to Doncaster, using equipment left over from the Centennial International Exhibition of 1888 at the Royal Exhibition Building.

An attempt to break this record was made by Doncaster fish and chip shop Scawsby Fisheries in August 2012, which served 33lb ( 13. 6kg ) of battered cod alongside 64lb ( 27. 2kg ) of chips.

The latter facility moved to Doncaster when the modern main line was opened.

Nijinsky appeared to recover fully after being placed on a " rich " diet including raw eggs and Irish Stout, and was sent to Doncaster for the St. Leger in September.

The event was devised by Anthony St. Leger, an army officer and politician who lived near Doncaster.

The race was switched to Ayr in 1989 after the scheduled running at Doncaster was abandoned due to subsidence.

Briggs factory at Doncaster was surplus to Ford ’ s requirements and it was sold to Fisher and Ludlow.

Some time before July 1163, when he did homage to Henry II, Malcolm was taken seriously ill at Doncaster.

The tour was completed as advertised with the first date at Doncaster Top Rank but was less than successful.

It was enlarged when the north range was added in the 1780s by William Lindley of Doncaster.

In 1817, there was a proposal for an Aire and Dun Canal, to connect Knottingley to the Dutch River at Newbridge, with a branch to Doncaster, and another for a Went and Wakefield Canal, to connect Cold Hiendley on the Barnsley Canal to Newbridge on the Don.

Serious thought was given to improving the river from 1691, but disagreements between groups from Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield prevented progress.

The Emmanuel Schools Foundation's scheme to turn Northcliffe into an Academy was scrapped after protests by parents, students and staff, despite the enthusiastic backing of Conisbrough councillor Aidan Rave and Doncaster Mayor Martin Winter.

Doncaster is built on the site of a Roman fort which was constructed in the 1st century AD at a crossing of the River Don.

Doncaster was home to the Roman Crispinian horse garrison.

This was not always practical and thus Doncaster became an important staging post on the Roman map.

The £ 320, 000 (£ as of ), 1½ mile A614 Blyth Bypass was built at the same time as the Nottinghamshire section of the Doncaster Bypass and opened in 1960.

An hourly service throughout the day is extended from Doncaster to Adwick via Bentley.

Doncaster has also recently extended the Frenchgate Centre, a shopping centre and transport interchange.

The southern industrial district, considered in the broadest application of the term, extended northward from Sheffield to Skipton and eastward from Sheffield to Doncaster, covering less than one-half of the riding.

He then moved to Doncaster among his extended family.

Doncaster extended Healy's loan spell into a second month.

Sherwood forest then extended to the very boundaries of Doncaster and venerable oaks dotted the landscape from Bawtry to Hatfield.

He was also a diplomat ( honorary consul for San Marino ), a traveller ( in Europe, the Balkans and North Africa ), a flying buff who officiated at the first British air meeting at Doncaster in 1909, and a wireless pioneer who broadcast music from his own station long before radio was generally available ; his claims regarding his own abilities and exploits, however, were usually exaggerated.

They held discussions in September 1909, but the BMLC continued to transport their peat overland to Maud's Bridge goods yard, on the Doncaster to Scunthorpe line.

The first fly-in located in the United Kingdom was held at Doncaster between 15 – 23 October 1909.

Doncaster Corporation then obtained an Act in 1727 to authorise improvements below Doncaster.

The club also took part in the Football League Trophy for the first-ever time and, after defeating Carlisle United and Blackpool in the early rounds, were knocked out by Doncaster Rovers in the Area Quarter Finals.

Javelins were designed for production levels never before attempted by Jowett with Javelin and Bradford body production out-sourced to Briggs Motor Bodies who built a new plant at Doncaster.

There were also proposals for a ship canal from Doncaster to Trent Falls at the same time.

His dukedom of Monmouth was forfeited, but the subsidiary titles of that dukedom ( Earl of Doncaster and Baron Scott of Tindale ) were restored to his grandson, Francis Scott, 2nd Duke of Buccleuch ( 1695 – 1751 ), on 23 March 1743.

The exterior shots were in Lister Avenue in Balby, a suburb of Doncaster ; the shop itself is a hairdresser's salon.

The winners were Stoke Ladies who beat Doncaster and Bentley Ladies 3-1 on 24 June 1922.

Three new lines opened in 1867 were March to Spalding on 1 April, Honington to Lincoln on 15 April and Gainsborough to Doncaster on 15 July.

Within this district were Barnsley, Batley, Bradford, Brighouse, Dewsbury, Doncaster, Halifax, Huddersfield, Keighley, Leeds, Morley, Ossett, Pontefract, Pudsey, Rotherham, Sheffield, Todmorden ( partly in Lancashire until 1888 when it became wholly in Yorkshire where it remains to this day ) and Wakefield.

The LNER's main workshops were in Doncaster, with others at Darlington, Inverurie and Stratford, London.

The Earldom of Doncaster and Barony of Scott of Tindale had been forfeit at the time of the first Duke's attainder, but the titles were restored to the 2nd Duke of Buccleuch in 1742.

They were then taken to Doncaster Works for scrapping.

Following the farewell, the surviving Deltics were put on display at Doncaster Works before their final journey to the scrap line.

The party's best results were when it came second to the Conservatives: in the Finningley ward of Doncaster and in three wards in Rochford.

No candidates were elected but saved one deposit in the Doncaster North constituency.

They were the second team ( after Doncaster Rovers ) to win the fourth tier three times, and the first to win the tier under its three names ( Fourth Division, Division Three and League Two ).

The locomotives were built at the BR Works of Crewe, Darlington, Derby and Doncaster between 1952 and 1962.

The locomotives were built at the BR Works in Darlington and Doncaster over the period 1953 – 1962.

The four that survived were converted into non-powered electric train pre-heating units at Doncaster Works, these duties keeping the locomotives employed for another ten years or more, until they were again made redundant and withdrawn.